'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎458r] (920/1278)

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the Raruri and Lurdagan in the winter. Their snb-divisions are Jalili,
Aurak, Yar Ahmadi, MunjI, Bars!, Rlgi, Mangarmuvi, Armandi, Bujari,
Bum, ShiazI, Rafari, Masanni (MamaSsani), Hallusadi, Shiruni, Satahi,
Dudaral, MalasI, and ’Ashari. They number about 3,000 families, and
are for the most part Deh Nishlns, their chief residing in the village of
Lurdagan. They are neither celebrated fcr courage nor skill as matchlock-
men, but have 500 to 600 good horsemen. The valleys of the Janiki
Sardsir are, on the whole, notill-cultivated. Rice,' corn, and barley are
raised in abundance ; gardens and vineyards producing good fruit sur
round their villages, and the hills are thickly wooded with the dwarf oak
(balut) and other trees.— (Layard.)
JANJIREH (1)^—A point on the left bank of the Jarrahi river, about 8 miles
north-west of Fallahleh town, from which a number of small canals radiates
into the country to the south. The following canals belongs to the Janjireh
system in order from east to west :—
Name.
Dependent population.
Date-
palms.
Yield of Cereals in
Falahiyeh mans.
Sikanam
Ka’b of the Makasibeh section .
400 rice.
Muraiyeh .
Ka’b of the Al Bu Ghubaish
sub-division.
500 „
Manqushi
Ka’b of the Al Bu Balid section
owing 100 cattle. .
300
600 rice and some
wheat and blarey.
Musa-bin-Afasiyil
Ka’b of the Al Bu Dahaleh sec
tion.
Nil
300 rice.
Mussallim-bin-Salim
Fauqanl.
Ditto
...
400 „
Al Bu Dalli »
Ditto
200
400 „
Nahr-al-Uran .
Ka’b of the Al Bu Hamaadi sec
tion.
150 „
Bait Haraib
Ka’b of the Al Bu Ghubaish sub
division.
300
200 „
Mahruql .
Ka’b of the Al Bu Ghubaish sub
division of the ’Amareh, Bait
Iba’in. Bait Rawaishid-bin-
Kabain and Bait Shafi sections.
6,000
500 „
Asaifir
Ka’b of the Muaisir and Salai-
yih sections.
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300 rice and 100
wheat and barley.
’Abd-un-NabI .
Ka’b of the Al Bu ’Abbadi sec
tion.
500
200 rice.
Mussallim-bin-Salim
Hadrani.
Ka’b of the Al Bu Dahaleh sec
tion.
500
200 „
Khan!
Both the owners and cultivators
are Ka’b, the former of the
Bait Hilayil and the latter of
the Kinaneh section. There
are also Ka’b of the Ishaq
and Bait Suwaiyir sections.
600 rice and 200
wheat and barley.
Makasibeh
Narakiyeh, an Arab tribe deper-
dent on the Maka I >eh section
of the Ka’b.
100 rice and 100
wheat and barley.